Fossarina rimata

Fossarina rimata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Fossarina
Species: F. rimata
Binomial name
Fossarina rimata
(Hutton, 1884)

Fossarina rimata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter is 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fossarina rimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598231 on 2012-11-29
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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